A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

Sometimes you have to accept you can't win all the time.

Sometimes you have to accept you can't win all the time.

Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us read more

Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

Those that know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of read more

Those that know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing read more

I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up.

A man can seldom -- very, very, seldom -- fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too read more

A man can seldom -- very, very, seldom -- fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.

A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.

A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.